"HE DOES NOT LET ANYONE ROLL THE DICE. A dungeon exploration contest: the stuff of legends; a test of survival in an underground maze filled with deadly traps; a trial famously undertaken by the six heroes of yore. And now the Guild wants to use this to train would-be adventurers! Several Silver-ranked warriors are recruited to help run the competition, and the traps they create shock Guild Girl to her core. As preparations commence and an aspiring adventurer takes up her sword, though, a shadow of Chaos lurks just out of sight…"
"Scorch marks blacken the wireframe dungeon, and the smell of burnt meat hangs in the air. Iarumas’s party stumbles upon a corpse, more charcoal than flesh, and Raraja insists on dragging it out. Murmur—Chant—Pray—Invoke. A largeframed girl named Berkanan gulps the fresh air of her second chance at life. Her confidence is low and her skills as a fledgling mage are inadequate, but despite all that, she has a serious goal—kill the red dragon that burned her party alive. This dragon, an interloper from the lower levels of the dungeon, has become so notorious that even the most seasoned parties refuse to engage. Even so, Garbage and Raraja agree to aid Berkanan, and Iarumas lends his support. The chances of failure are high, but in the dungeon, immolation is not a permanent end…as long as someone is willing to pay. Can Iarumas’s party douse the flames of the dragon, or will they all succumb to a menacing red death?"
"HE DOES NOT LET ANYONE ROLL THE DICE. There’s rarely a dull moment in the Four-Cornered World. The party of Club Fighter, Supreme God’s Cleric, and Harefolk Hunter takes on a new challenge only to discover there are some enemies they can’t hope to defeat… Priestess joins Female Knight, Witch, and High Elf Archer on an adventure-but somehow they end up defending a besieged fortress… Meanwhile, some runners in the water town are on the hunt for a drug dealer, yet all they find is a corpse… And then there’s Goblin Slayer, who’s once again teamed up with Spearman and Heavy Warrior! What other endeavors, both big and small, do our heroes have in store?"
"Deep in the unexplored reaches of the dungeon, a corpse is discovered—one that shouldn’t exist. After Iarumas is resurrected, his memories of life before death are gone, and he spends his days delving into the dungeon to retrieve the bodies of dead adventurers. Can they be revived as well? Or will God reduce them to piles of ash on the altar? Either way, Iarumas collects his finder’s fee. And though his skills earn him some grudging respect, he’s also scorned for this cold, utilitarian attitude. The living keep their distance—Iarumas consorts primarily with the dead. That is, until he meets Garbage, a feral young swordswoman who’s the sole survivor of a massacred party. With Garbage by his side, Iarumas ventures deeper, scouring the dungeon for clues to his past, avoiding monsters, traps, and the inevitability of a permanent ashen demise."
"HE DOES NOT LET ANYONE ROLL THE DICE. Summer is here, and Female Merchant pays Goblin Slayer and his party an unexpected visit at their usual tavern to make them a proposal. Her next trade route will take her through the vast eastern desert where goblins now run rampant, and she would like the party to escort her. They accept her request, and the group promptly sets out for the arid eastern borderlands with its different cultures, vicious traps, harsh climate, and shadowy desert figures. How will our heroes fare in this unforgiving foreign territory...?"
"Spring has arrived, and Goblin Slayer’s party is on the job guarding a vineyard as part of a goblin hunt. This vineyard happens to belong to the Temple of the Earth Mother where Priestess was raised, and one of the nuns most dear to her has become the subject of a disturbing rumor involving goblins…Priestess is anguished by the cruel whispers, and a hesitant Goblin Slayer comes to a decision—one that may involve shady characters who operate under cover of darkness!"
"He does not let anyone roll the dice.Goblin Slayer has temporarily separated from his party for what is supposed to be a routine delivery job with Cow Girl. However, things take an unexpected turn when they’re ambushed by a horde of goblins under the command of a mysterious, ghastly creature. It’s up to Goblin Slayer both to protect his childhood friend and fight off the foes all on his own, as the rest of his party is elsewhere—Priestess and the others have ventured to the snowy northern mountains, a region locked in a perpetual winter under the control of the evil Ice Witch…Can Priestess successfully lead the party to victory in Goblin Slayer’s stead?"
"He does not let anyone roll the dice.An urgent council meeting has been convened at the royal capital, and the archbishop of the Supreme God, Sword Maiden, requests that Goblin Slayer and his party escort her there. Rumor has it that packs of wolf-mounted goblin riders prowl the route, and no other adventurer is better suited for such a job than Goblin Slayer himself.Little do they realize there have bene dark whispers at their destination of a fiery stone that has fallen from the heavens upon the holy mount…Whether by Fate or by Chance, this ill omen comes just as the adventurers arrive and ends up leading them to the deepest labyrinth, the darkest abyss: the Dungeon of the Dead."
"He does not let anyone roll the dice.After High Elf Archer received an invitation to a wedding back in her home village, the party sets out for the forest of the elves—and joining them on their trip are Cow Girl and Guild Girl! Goblin Slayer and crew are long overdue for a vacation, and what better place is there to get some rest and relaxation than under the brilliant forest canopy?But things take an unexpected turn when they head upriver for the elf homeland only to see the shadows of goblins looming…And what’s more, there’s talk of an ancient beast slumbering within the forest. With all this danger close at hand, will there even be a wedding for our heroes to celebrate?"
"HE DOES NOT LET ANYONE ROLL THE DICE. Spring has arrived, and a new crop of would-be adventurers has turned up at the Guild along with it. Among the newcomers is a haughty young wizard boy whose desire to hunt only goblins has Guild Girl slightly concerned. Meanwhile, there's a new adventurer-training facility being built not far from the frontier town, and Goblin Slayer happens to know the village that used to stand on that spot... The party finds itself teaming up with the wizard boy and heading to an old mausoleum to deal with some goblins-but it looks like this brazen new adventurer might just be more trouble than he's worth!"
"A young noblewoman has disappeared while out on a goblin hunting quest. When Goblin Slayer and his party set out to find her, they are stunned to discover a horde of goblins have built their nest within an ancient dwarven fortress...and these ones even appear to be followers of some primitive, sadistic cult! But what troubles Goblin Slayer most of all is their leader, who is stronger and more intelligent than any goblin he's faced before...Includes a PDF of illustrations by Noboru Kannatuki."
"Even adventurers want a change of pace every now and then. Priestess stays behind for once, Cow Girl visits town without any work, Guild Girl takes a rare day off, and High Elf Archer reminisces about old adventures instead of looking for a new one. But evil doesn't take vacations. Goblin Slayer, Spearman, and Heavy Warrior are teaming up, but is this irregular party good enough to battle demons?!"
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